Bucket List

Last week an internet friend posed the question "What would you do if you had 30 days to live?"  I'd just spent the morning paying bills and cleaning dog vomit off the bed so my first thoughts were of the things I wouldn't need to do - file my 2011 taxes, deal with stubborn stains, go to the dentist...  In that frame of mind, I came up with the following: 1. Toss out my dental floss. 2. Hire a cleaning service. 3. Update my will (still on my "To Do" list from last year). 4. Visit my home town. There are lots of more exotic places I'd love to visit but I'd rather spend my time in a place I know and love. 5. Buy white bed linens since I wouldn't need to worry that they're not practical. 6. Hug my kids, even though it embarrasses them. 7. Throw a party and invite everyone I know (but I wouldn't tell them it was a farewell party because that would put a damper on things). 8. Pick my favourite of my several dozen unfinished craft projects and get it done. 9. Get Pat to take me dancing, even though it embarrasses him. 10. Acknowledge that I'm probably never going to lose those last 10 lbs. and eat chocolate cake every day. Another friend, reading my list, suggested I do all of these things this year - with the exception of abandoning dental hygiene.  Yesterday being my 51st birthday, it seems like a good time to start working my way through the list. But what should I toss instead of the dental floss?  My hair dye?  If I had only 30 days to live, would I really care about my grey roots?  Or would I choose to go out looking my best?